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"Alison" wrote in message [snip] The RSPCA do put some cats to sleep. 35% will include cats that are ill or not able to be rehomed , also bear in mind that the number of cats hnded over as unwanted are lower than the States . I don't think the Iver was referring to feral cats. Sarah's not mentioned which animal rescue societies euthenize them . AFAIK I was unaware the RSPCA did so and that has changed my opinion of them completely :-( Cats Protection (www.cats.org.uk) for whom I volunteer, most definitely do *NOT* euthanise *except* on strict veterinary advice such as in severe cases of FeLV or full blown AIDS (*not* FIV alone). Ivor |
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"Alison" wrote in message [snip] The RSPCA do put some cats to sleep. 35% will include cats that are ill or not able to be rehomed , also bear in mind that the number of cats hnded over as unwanted are lower than the States . I don't think the Iver was referring to feral cats. Sarah's not mentioned which animal rescue societies euthenize them . AFAIK I was unaware the RSPCA did so and that has changed my opinion of them completely :-( Cats Protection (www.cats.org.uk) for whom I volunteer, most definitely do *NOT* euthanise *except* on strict veterinary advice such as in severe cases of FeLV or full blown AIDS (*not* FIV alone). AFAIK The 35% is an estimate from the early 90's . They pledged to bring the percentage down. There is the main RSPCA which runs the main homes and hospitals and there are independent branches who do their own rehoming so I don't know if any percentages given cover branches or not. Our local branch has about 50 adult cats and some kittens which is high but rehoming tends to be slow at this time of the year for adult cats. Do the CP ever turn cats away, what do they do if they have no room or do they always manage? Alison |
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Lesley wrote: Wow, sounds like a nightmare, and I thought East London was dangerous LOL! You're in East London as well? Where? Walthamstow, where are you? Marcia, just returned from Yorkshire and feeling a bit down on East London at the moment, I saw the sky properly for the 1st time in ages! |
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Wendy wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Well I don't think we should have pets and keep them in prison if they don't want to stay in. Mine goes out in the summer and its safe, if it wasn't safe I guess I wouldn't have got a cat, I'd have got a goldfish. I'm glad it's safe for your cat to go out. So much easier for you. I just wish the people who have found a way to train their cats to stay away from traffic would tell the rest of us how to do it. How do you train your cat not to fight with a neighborhood cat and come home with wounds that can (and do) abscess and/or spread disease? I don't have to train him, he didn't move into a house with a garden until he was 13 years old, and I took into the garden, and kept a close eye on hi, which I always have done. He has never tried to climb the fence. You are really lucky that ALL of your neighbors love cats and have no objections to your guys wandering into their gardens to poop in their flower bed. He comes in the house to use his litter tray, he doesn't even do his business in his own garden! Oh, you trained them to stay in your garden exclusively? Please enlighten me to your training method. Like I said much easier for me if I could let mine out. I would never again have to scoop a litter tray and would have more room in my living room without the cat tree. I wouldn't have to wash the curtains as often to get off the cat hair from them climbing on and off of the window sills etc etc. So if there is a training method to teach my cats to stay out of trouble outside I'd like to know about it. In the meantime I'll keep them inside where they won't tangle with the stray cats I've seen wandering the neighborhood, where I don't have to worry about whether they look both ways before crossing the street, don't have to worry about some of the children who are being raised by cat hating parents and don't have to worry about ****ing off the neighbors when my cat is in their garden using it as a litter box. W |
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"Alison" wrote in message ... "Alison" wrote in message ... The RSPCA do put some cats to sleep. 35% will include cats that are ill or not able to be rehomed , also bear in mind that the number of cats handed over as unwanted are lower than the States . I don't think the Iver was referring to feral cats. Sarah's not mentioned which animal rescue societies euthenize them . AFAIK, feral cats that are trapped by pest control will be PTS by the pet control itself . At our RSPCA branch , feral cats will be neutered /spayed and returned if requested (or rehomed )if someone will take responsibility to feed them . If they can't rehome they're PTS , which happens as its hard to rehome ferals. Alison The feral stance is one of the things that really bugs me about the RSPCA. I'll never forget that episode of Animal Hospital where a kitten was euthanised because it was feral and it would be 'unkind' to do otherwise - apparently. I was *fuming* - especially as I had a feral rescue curled up on the sofa next to me. Good job Marble ended up being taken to a small rescue charity that struggles to find every penny rather than to the RSPCA, and makes a darned good job of socialising ferals for homing and where they can't be, finds suitable homes where they can still be feral (albeit now neutered/speyed) :-/ The RSPCA is good at publicity, but I now never give funds to it, but will give what I can to the small shelters who regularly take in RSPCA rejects. Cheers, helen s |
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wafflycat wrote: The feral stance is one of the things that really bugs me about the RSPCA. I'll never forget that episode of Animal Hospital where a kitten was euthanised because it was feral and it would be 'unkind' to do otherwise - apparently. I was *fuming* - especially as I had a feral rescue curled up on the sofa next to me. Good job Marble ended up being taken to a small rescue charity that struggles to find every penny rather than to the RSPCA, and makes a darned good job of socialising ferals for homing and where they can't be, finds suitable homes where they can still be feral (albeit now neutered/speyed) :-/ The RSPCA is good at publicity, but I now never give funds to it, but will give what I can to the small shelters who regularly take in RSPCA rejects. Cheers, helen s I understand your anger. Feral cats don't have a chance in this community either. People trap them all the time and bring them to Animal Control. We try to do what we can, but about the only chance they have at a home is if someone asks for barn cats. I know they can be tamed. But here, there's too many healthy, tame cats already that are waiting for a home. People won't ever take on a feral. They get PTS immediately at the municipal shelter. Several years ago I took four of them for barn cats. I didn't think they would last long, since Mother Nature is so hard on barn cats, but I figured they'd at least have a chance. To my surprise, I still have three of them. Even though I feed them, they are still very wary of me, won't let me too close. Sherry Sherry |
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You're in East London as well? Where? Walthamstow, where are you? Bow. Small world! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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I honestly wish I could let my kitty go out and play, but I live in a
city which is definitely not safe for her. To start, the traffic is insane, I live just outside a highway, too many cars, going too fast. Secondly, people HATE cats here (I live in Colombia). The cats that live on the street suffer a lot, people kick them, give them poison, throw hot water at them, etc. I've rescued 2 kittens so far (one of them died), and I work with friends to find homes for kittens and ask people to neuter them because if they don't, we'll have more kittens on the street starving and being treated with cruelty. Also, the cats that live on the streets here tend to have a lot of illnesses. Just 2 months ago we had to put to sleep 3 cats in the shelter because one of them went out and got leucemia and the other 2 caught it, they were very sick and were suffering a lot. So.. sometimes I feel bad cause she can't go out. She'd prolly have lots of fun out there, but for her own good I have to keep her indoors. I try to have enough toys and fun for her here, to compensate the fun she's not having outside. |
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